Friday, November 25, 2011

IN FLUX Art in vacant storefronts in Scottsdale Arizona, see video below:

If you're an artist living in Arizona here is a link to the current CALL FOR ARTISTS to participate in the next IN FLUX: http://www.tempe.gov/arts/news/INFLUX.pdf
If you're not from Arizona - contact your local State Arts Council or Chamber of Commerce about developing a program like IN FLUX in your city.

Noble is the work, but the work which shines here so nobly should lighten the hearts so that, through true lights they can reach the one true light, where Christ is the true door… the dull spirit rises up through the material to the truth, and although he was cast down before, he arises new when he has seen this light.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Stained Pane Collective creates living stained glass windows through the use of a physical installation, projections and interaction with the community. The Collective is made up of three collaborative artists: Samantha Hookway, Jane Drozd and Benjamin Schroeder. The content of each of our living stained glass windows is a narrative derived and inspired by the locations for which each window is made. In our "Leaded Living History [ACCAD]" the subject matter is the history, the development and the community that creates The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design.

This work includes live internet updates from Twitter.com, any tweets with the hashtag #accad will be displayed as part of this animated stained glass window.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

J. Kenneth Leap's exhibition in the atrium of the Doering Center at Bryn Athyn College has been extended after college officials discovered that the stained glass panels hanging in the windows were having a positive effect on local wildlife. Apparently migrating songbirds were embarrassingly offing themselves in record numbers on the plate glass windows of the LEED Certified Green Building. Perhaps this is another reason architects might want to revisit the question: 'Is stained glass relevant in contemporary architecture?"

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Because you believe the art of stained glass is worth supporting. You believe there are aspects of the art form which should be taught and perpetuated to support and encourage the future of the art. There are skills, procedures and creative processes which may not survive if we do not actively improve upon the education offered to those who love stained glass as we do.

Because you want to grow as a stained glass artist,a scholar of stained glass, a supplier to the trade, a conservator and restorer of historic stained glass. Because you love stained glass and want to share the experience with others who love it as you do.

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